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Key management (KMS).

Managed and customer-managed keys, HSM-backed, for encryption across every service.

⊞ Identity & security
Overview

Create, control and audit the encryption keys that protect your data — managed or customer-managed, HSM-backed, with policy over who and what can use each key.

Where it sits
Deployment
Managed → air-gapped
Governance
IAM · encryption · audit
How it works

Three steps to running.

01
Create keys

Platform-managed or bring your own, HSM-backed.

02
Set policy

Fine-grained control over usage, rotation and grants.

03
Encrypt everywhere

Keys protect data across every service, every use audited.

What you get

Key management (KMS), in full.

Managed or BYOK

Platform-managed keys, or bring and control your own.

HSM-backed

Keys generated and held in validated hardware security modules.

Key policies

Fine-grained control over usage, rotation and grants.

Audited usage

Every encrypt/decrypt logged for compliance.

API-first

Provision it in a few lines.

Every service is reachable from the same SDK, CLI and infrastructure-as-code — one identity, one bill, one audit trail across the whole catalog.

# Provision key management (kms) on Aether Cloud
aether identity-security create \
  --service key-management \
  --name app \
  --region us-1 \
  --deploy managed   # or vpc | on-prem | air-gapped
Specs

At a glance.

Keys
Managed or BYOK
Backing
Validated HSM
Policy
Usage · rotation · grants
Audit
Every operation
Scope
Cross-service
Use cases

Built for real work.

01

Envelope encryption

02

Regulatory key control

03

Customer-managed encryption

Why one platform

On one model, not stitched together.

The usual stack runs key management (kms) in one product, the model in another and the data in a third — and the seams between them are the cost. Aether Cloud runs it on the same platform that serves the model, governs your identity and deploys into your boundary, with the rest of the catalog one hop away.

One platform

No stitching a vector DB to one place, a warehouse to another and a model to a third — key management (kms) sits next to the rest of the catalog, one identity, one bill.

The model is here

The provider that runs Aether runs your key management (kms) — so the data and the model never leave the same governed boundary to talk to each other.

Built on demand

Need a capability that isn’t here yet? The model writes and deploys it into the same boundary — the catalog is a starting point, not a ceiling.

FAQ

Good to know.

How does this compare to AWS KMS?

Managed and customer-managed keys, HSM-backed — controlling encryption across the whole platform.

Can I bring my own keys?

Yes — BYOK with full policy control over usage and rotation.

Is key use audited?

Yes — every encrypt/decrypt is logged.

Deploy anywhere

Your boundary, your choice.

Managed
Your VPC
On-prem
Air-gapped / sovereign

Run Key management (KMS) on Aether Cloud.

Managed and customer-managed keys, HSM-backed, for encryption across every service. Deployable managed, in your VPC, on-prem or fully air-gapped — talk to us about the configuration your workloads and your boundary require.